Got the gold bling bling

[Montana Cruiser]

montana.
unless you want to repaint the area leave the scrubby out of it.

trust me on this one. the two ways to remove adhesive are the tired thumb approach that pimp has put forth and the body shop approach wich is to use an eraser wheel in a die grinder and go to town on the remaining adhesive. eraser wheels are cork and will not mar the paint surface. I would recommend a fairly slow speed on the grinder at first though till you get used to them.

Dave

Is it possible to find a cork/eraser bit to fit my dremel rotory tool ? I dont have a die grinder and it seems as though you could be more precise with a Dremel?

Didnt take me long to realize maybe the scrubby wasnt the best idea I have ever had

 

[cruiserdan]

The Gate lock cylinder WAS NOT gold plated as a factory option, PERIOD.

Aftermarket platers often plated them, on the vehicle, as part of a package.

Posterity does not give a rats a$$ about what dealers did to boost profits.




Except for maybe Yenko Chevrolet.....

 

[Beowulf]

oooooohhh. The Yenko Stinger.

-B-

 

[Haddock]

You can get the eraser wheel for your die grinder from the Eastwood Co. I ordered one on line to take the graphics off of my old 4runner and it worked great. It made me a little nervous at first to take a spinning wheel to my otherwise good paint, but they work as advertised.

 

[Montana Cruiser]

You can get the eraser wheel for your die grinder from the Eastwood Co. I ordered one on line to take the graphics off of my old 4runner and it worked great. It made me a little nervous at first to take a spinning wheel to my otherwise good paint, but they work as advertised.

Cool! Eraser wheel should work for the hatch lock, now anyone have suggestions on how to pry the emblem off the hatch? I think I will go ahead and rattle can it with some black pearl I found at the local hardware store. Also, any ideas where to get the 3M emblem adheasive? I asked the autozone and they dont have the 3M.

 

[Landpimp]

you can still burn the paint with the eraser, but if you do it right it works great, did all my pin stripes on the 60 that way......

I got my eraser wheel(which wasn't cork it was like a pencil eraser) at the auto paint shop, then noticed my parts store carries them

Go Gone, 3m adhesve remover, heat gun.......still lots of thumb work, I would try the eraser next time

Dan......my guess was right

 

[White Shark]

The bling is often applied at the dealership. I used to spend a lot of time there because the service manager was a good friend. They roll out the cart of bling, apply electrodes to the part, run current to said item, and the magic of bling occurs through the mystery of electroplating. You can have most dealerships or many bodyshops bling anything for the right price. The application thickness depends on the $ thrown down. They will go thin as a rule, as gold is expensive, but you can go thicker for a price. Gold wears well and will not corrode, so most erosion is due to shining the bling. Me? I am a non-liker of things bling, as it doesn't show well under dirt. My philosophy? I wash my rig once a year whether it needs it or not...